DATE: Saturday, November 29, 1997           TAG: 9711290121

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GAY H. BOWERS

Gay Harrell Bowers, 40, of the 900 block of Ruth St. died Nov. 27, 1997, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Mrs. Bowers was born in Bertie County and was a member of Colerain Baptist Church. She was retired as a dietician of Guardian Care Nursing Home in Ahoskie. She was the daughter of William P. and Mary Alice Jackson Harrell of Colerain, N.C., and the daughter-in-law of Ernest and Betty Bowers of Albemarle, N.C.

Other survivors include her husband, Michael Bowers; a sister, Patty Harrell Bass of Merry Hill, N.C.; three brothers, William P. Harrell Jr., John Alan Harrell and Edward Jackson Harrell, all of Colerain; four nieces; three nephews; and a sister-in-law, Susan B. Starks of Charlotte, N.C.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Colerain Baptist Church by the Rev. Bennie Pledger. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Colerain. Friends may join the family at Garrett Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the American Cancer Society. Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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